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3170240 - Arabic words appearing from left to right in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • Arabic words appearing from left to right in Crystal Reports
  • Issue only for cells containing data from Database 

Environment

  • Crystal Reports 2016 
  • DB2

Reproducing the Issue

1. Create a report containing Arabic fields

 2. Arabic fields are appearing from left to right

Cause

Field datatype is VARCHAR.

Resolution

Changing the Field Type from VARCHAR to “NVARCHAR”

Keywords

KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

Product

SAP Crystal Reports 2016